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Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake was very busy this weekend on Twitter sending out self-serving, tune-in messages of congratulations on how good the City of Baltimore looked in TV coverage of the Grand Prix. Here's one from about 1:40 p.m. Sunday: "Baltimore City skyline, landmarks and fans showing very well on National TV Grand Prix coverage on Versus. Tune in!" Here's another a couple of hours later: "I am excited the (sic) see the sweeping views of my home town on national TV today. Tune into WMAR at 4!" The mayor is right about most of the images: By and large, Baltimore's Inner Harbor, downtown and Camden Yards areas did look good on TV. The...

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Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake was very busy this weekend on Twitter sending out self-serving, tune-in messages of congratulations on how good the City of Baltimore looked in TV coverage of the Grand Prix.
Here's one from about 1:40 p.m. Sunday:...

(PLEASE SEE 9 p.m. UPDATE AT END OF POST)While some promoters and media reports have already declared Baltimore's Labor Day weekend of auto racing a TV hit, the first hard data does not support that.The one telecast from Batimore shown on a TV network,...

Both city and race officials count the inaugural Baltimore Grand Prix as a success, but when it comes to tallying the number of people who attended the three-day event, there was not as much agreement.
Dale Dillon, general manager of the Baltimore...